OUR COMPANION NETWORK, C-SPAN2. WE TAKE YOU TO
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, WHERE GOVERNOR JIM JUSTICE WILL GIVE
THE ANNUAL STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS.
GIVE THE SPEECH WITHOUT A TELEPROMPTER.
THAT IS LIVE AT SEVEN CARD P.M. HERE ON C-SPAN AND C-SPAN.ORG.
EARLIER TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED ABOUT THE COURT BATTLE
OVER HIS IMMIGRATION EXECUTIVE ORDER AT A GATHERING OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
ANNOUNCER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES. [APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. PEOPLE I TRULY FEEL COMFORTABLE
WITH. PLEASE SIT DOWN.
THEY WILL SAY I DID NOT GET A STANDING OVATION BECAUSE THEY
NEVER SET DOWN, AND I SAY I GOT ONE STANDING OVATION BECAUSE
THEY NEVER SET DOWN, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.
I HAVE GREAT, GREAT LOVE FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THE WAY YOU DO
I AM WITH THE POLICE CHIEFS AND SHERIFFS OF
OUR COUNTRY, AND THESE ARE THE BIG ONES, THE REALLY BIG ONES, I
WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I THOUGHT BEFORE I SPOKE ABOUT
AH,,WYO THEY ARE INTERPRETING THINGS
DIFFERENTLY PROBABLY THAN 100% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
IS IN DISPUTE,T WHAT IS IN QUESTION, AND YOU
WILL SEE THIS. SUSPENSION OF ENTRY OR
IMPOSITION OF RESTRICTIONS BY THE PRESIDENT, OK, NOW THIS IS
NOT JUST ME, THIS IS OBAMA, RONALD REAGAN, FOR THE PRESIDENT
. THIS WAS DONE VERY IMPORTANTLY
FOR SECURITY, SOMETHING YOU PEOPLE KNOW MORE ABOUT THAN ALL
OF US. IT WAS DONE FOR THE SECURITY OF
OUR NATION, THE SECURITY OF OUR CITIZENS, SO THAT PEOPLE COME IN
ARE NOT GOING TO DO US HARM, AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS DONE, AND IT
COULD NOT HAVE IT IN WRITTEN ANY MORE PRECISELY.
IT IS NOT LIKE OH, G, WE WISH IT WAS WRITTEN BETTER.
IT IS WRITTEN BEAUTIFULLY, SO JUST LISTEN.
HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. WHENEVER THE PRESIDENT FINDS
THAT THE ENTRY OF ANY ALIENS, OK, THE ENTRY, THE ENTRY OF ANY
ALIENSOR OF ANY CLASS OF , SO ANY ALIENS, ANY CLASS OF
ALIENS, INTO THE UNITED STATES, SO THE ENTRY OF PEOPLE INTO THE
UNITED STATES, LET'S SAY JUST TO BE PRECISE, ALIENS INTO THE
, WHEN STATES, SO ANY TIME EVER THE PRESIDENT FINDS THAT
THE ENTRY OF ANY ALIEN OR ANY CLASS OF ALIENS, INTO THE UNITED
STATES WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED
, IF I FIND AS PRESIDENT THAT A PERSON OR GROUP OF PEOPLE
WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE LOTS OF EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE, BUT YOU
SHOULD NOT EVEN HAVE THAT NECESSARILY, HE MAY BE, AND HE
MAY BY PROCLAMATION, AND FOR AS HE SHALL DEEM
NECESSARY, AND THE ONLY MISTAKE AS THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID HE OR
SHE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE SHE FOR ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] JUST NOTICED THAT
EXACTLY, I AM SAYING THIS IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT.
IT IS CORRECT, BUT NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT, THE OLD
DAYS. HE MAY BY PROCLAMATION AND FOR
D AS HE SHALL DEEM NECESSARY, SO HERE IT IS, PEOPLE
ENTRY OF, SUSPEND THE ALL ALIENS, RIGHT?
AGAIN, A BAD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WOULD UNDERSTAND
THIS, ANYBODY WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS, SUSPEND THE ENTRY OF ALL
ALIENS OR ANY CLASS OF ALIENS AS IMMIGRANTS WERE NONIMMIGRANTS,
OR IMPOSE ON THE ENTRY OF ALIENS , SO YOU CAN SUSPEND THE ALIENS,
RIGHT, SUSPEND THE ALIENS FROM COMING IN, VERY STRONG, OR IN
TOES ON THE ENTRY OF ALIENS ANY RESTRICTIONS HE MAY DEEM TO BE
APPROPRIATE. OK.
SO YOU CAN SUSPEND. YOU CAN PUT RESTRICTIONS, YOU
CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, AND THIS IS FOR THE SECURITY OF THE
COUNTRY, WHICH AGAIN, YOU ARE THE CHIEFS, THE SHERIFFS, YOU
UNDERSTAND THIS, AND I LISTEN TO LAWYERS ON BOTH SIDES LAST NIGHT
AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH IT. I LISTENED TO A PANEL OF JUDGES,
AND I OMMEN CERTAINLY ONE JUDGE, BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST
THAT IF THESE JUDGES WAND TO INMY OPINION HELP THE COURT
TERMS OF RESPECT FOR THE COURT, WHAT THEY SHOULD
BE DOING. IT IS SO SAD, WHEN YOU READ
SOMETHING SO SIMPLE AND SO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND SO
PERFECTLY WRITTEN, OTHER THAN THE ONE STATEMENT OF COURSE,
HAVING TO DO WITH HE OR SHE, BUT WHEN YOU READ SOMETHING SO
PERFECTLY WRITTEN AND SO CLEAR TO ANYBODY, AND THEN YOU HAVE
LAWYERS, AND I WATCHED LAST NIGHT IN AMAZEMENT AND I HEARD
THINGS I COULD NOT BELIEVE, THINGS THAT REALLY HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH WHAT I JUST READ, AND I DON'T EVER WANT TO CALL A
BIASED, AND SO-- I WON'T CALL IT BIASED, AND WE
HAVE NOT HAD A DECISION YET, BUT THE COURT SEEM TO BE SO
POLITICAL AND IT WOULD BE SO GREAT FOR OUR JUSTICES IF THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO READ THE STATEMENT AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT,
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SECURITY OF OUR COUNTRY, WHICH
IS SO IMPORTANT. RISK NOW, WE ARE AT
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED. GENERAL KELLY IS AN EXTREMELY
TALENTED MAN AND A VERY GOOD MAN, NOW SECRETARY KELLY,
HOMELAND SECURITY. WE ARE DOIUR JOBAN
AUTHY, CD Y,HIS,BO
REALLY BELIEVE THAT. [LAUGHTER]
BUT, BUT, WE NEED SECURITY IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TO ALLOW YOU FOLKS TO DO YOUR JOB YOU ARE GREAT PEOPLE,
GREAT PEOPLE, GREAT MEN AND WOMEN, AND WE HAVE TO ALLOW YOU
TO DO YOUR JOB, AND WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE WEAPONS THAT YOU
NEED, AND THIS IS A WEAPON YOU NEED, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO
TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU, MAYBE BECAUSE OF POLITICS OR MAY BE
BECAUSE OF POLITICAL VIEWS. WE CAN'T LET THAT, LET'S GET ON
TO BUSINESS, RIGHT? IT IS REALLY SOMETHING.
THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE] THANKTRUMP: I WANT TO
SENATOR HUTCHENS AND THE CHIEF FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
FRANKLY, FOR THE SEROFOP OF MY HEART, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
THERE ARE MANY ACTIONS WE IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE TO HELP IMPROVE SAFETY IN YOUR
COMMUNITIES, BUT I B THA COMMUNITY SAFETY BEGINS WITH
MORAL LEADERSHIP. AND THEY ARE ENTITLED TO AN
ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS THEIR BACK.
[APPLAUSE] PRES. TRUMP: THE FIRST TO STEP
IN RESTORING PUBLIC SAFETY IS AFFIRMING OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE
LAWS. AND I AM GOING TO ADD, JUSTICES,
JUDGES TO THAT CATEGORY, AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE PICKED JUDGE
-- WHO WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE
SUPREME COURT, OUTSTANDING. [APPLAUSE]
PRES. TRUMP: SO I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN MY REMARKS WITH A
DECLARATION DELIVERED TO ALL OF YOU AND DELIVERED TO EVERY
MEMBER OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY ALL ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES. MY MESSAGE TODAY IS THAT YOU
HAVE A TRUE, TRUE FRIEND IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
YOU HAVE. [APPLAUSE]
YOU. TRUMP: I STAND WITH I SUPPORT OUR POLICE.
I SUPPORT OUR SHERIFFS, AND WE SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT. [APPLAUSE]
RIGHT NOW, MANY COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA ARE
FACING A PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS. MURDERS IN 2015 EXPERIENCED OF
THEIR LARGEST SINGLE YEAR INCREASE IN NEARLY HALF A
CENTURY. 2016, MURDERS AND LARGEST
CITIES CONTINUE TO CLIMB BY DOUBLE DIGITS.
IN MANY OF OUR BIGGEST CITIES, 2016 BROUGHT AN INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF HOMICIDES, RAPES, ASSAULTS, AND SHOOTINGS.
IN CHICAGO, MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE WERE SHOT LAST YEAR ALONE
, AND THE RATE SO FAR THIS YEAR HAS BEEN EVEN HIGHER.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN CHICAGO? ALLOW THIS TO
CONTINUE. WE HAVE ALLOWED TOO MANY YOUNG
LIVES TO BE CLAIMED, AND YOU SEE THAT COMING YOU SEE THAT ALL
OVER, CLAIMED BY GANGS, AND TOO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS CRIPPLED BY
VIOLENCE AND FEAR. 60% OF MURDER VICTIMS UNDER THE
AGE OF 22 ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN. THIS IS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY, AND
IT REQUIRES NATIONAL ACTION. THIS VIOLENCE MUST AND, AND WE
MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER TO END IT.
WHETHER A CHILD LIVES IN DETROIT, CHICAGO, BALTIMORE OR
ANYWHERE IN OUR COUNTRY, HE OR SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO GROW UP
IN SAFETY AND PEACE. NO ONE IN AMERICA SHOULD BE
PUNISHED BECAUSE OF THE CITY WHERE HE OR SHE IS BORN.
EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY OUTSIDE WITHOUT
FEAR, WALK HOME WITHOUT DANGER, AND ATTEND A SCHOOL WITHOUT
WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS, GANGS, OR VIOLENCE.
SO MANY LIVES AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CUT SHORT, THEIR
POTENTIAL, THEIR LIFE HAS BEEN CUT SHORT.
SO MUCH POTENTIAL HAS BEEN SIDELINED, AND SO MANY DREAMS
HAVE BEEN SHATTERED AND BROKEN, TOTALLY BROKEN.
IT IS TIME TO STOP THE DRUGS FROM POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY,
AND BY THE WAY, WE WILL DO THAT, AND I WILL SAY THIS, JOURNAL,
NOW SECRETARY KELLY, WILL BE THE MAN TO DO IT, AND WE WILL GIVE
HIM A WALL, AND IT WILL BE A REAL WALL, AND A LOT OF THINGS
WELL HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVELY FOR YOUR CITIES, YOUR STATES,
BELIEVE ME. THE WALL IS GETTING DESIGNED
RIGHT NOW. OH,OT OF PEOPLE SAY, OH,
TRUMP WAS ONLY KIDDING WITH THE WALL.
I DON'T KID. I DON'T KID.
I WATCH THIS AND THEY SAY I WAS KIDDING.
I DON'T KID ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT, I CAN TELL YOU.
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